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Neck pain during the flue?

My 5 yo has been sick since yesterday with a temp between 101 and 102. I can get it down to 100 with motrin. She keeps complaining about her neck hurting. I have no experience with neck pain during the flue.. Ive never had it, nor have any of my other children. Is this a normal symptom to you?

She does have a couple of those symptoms.. the fever, how quick it came on, nausea and vomiting, headache, stiff neck, and mental status changes. The only thing that looks out of the norm to me is the stiff neck. All of the other symptoms are normal with the simple flue as well.

Quoting Godspitgrl:

Quoting KristinRox:

"Symptoms

Symptoms usually come on quickly, and may include:

Fever and chills

Mental status changes

Nausea and vomiting

Sensitivity to light (photophobia)

Severe headache

Stiff neck (meningismus)

Other symptoms that can occur with this disease:

Agitation

Bulging fontanelles

Decreased consciousness

Poor feeding or irritability in children

Rapid breathing

Unusual posture, with the head and neck arched backwards (opisthotonos)

Meningitis is an important cause of fever in children and newborns.

People cannot tell if they have bacterial or viral meningitis by how they feel, so they should seek prompt medical attention."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001700/

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